First Destination Report: 2022-2023 Undergraduate Degree Recipients: Bonus details for employed graduates

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(Medians are shown when four or more individuals reported salary or bonus; 25th and 75th percentiles are shown when 12 or more individuals reported salary or bonus.)
College / Major Graduates Respondents % Respondents
(% of Graduates)		 Employed % Employed
(% of Respondents)		 Reported
Salary		 % Reported Salary
(% of Employed)		 Reported
Bonus		 % Reported Bonus
(% of Employed)		 Median
Bonus
Whole University 7991 5110 64% 2997 59% 1976 66% 784 26% $5000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 725 427 59% 177 41% 86 49% 11 6% $2404
Agribusiness 28 18 64% 13 72% 6 46% 1 8%
Agricultural Sciences 12 9 75% 5 56% 3 60%
Agricultural Technology 42 8 19% 3 38% 2 67%
Animal and Poultry Sciences 137 94 69% 46 49% 16 35% 1 2%
Applied Economic Management 9 6 67% 2 33% 2 100%
Biochemistry 95 48 51% 16 33% 10 63% 1 6%
Community Economic Development 1 1 100% 1 100% 1 100%
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences 12 9 75% 3 33% 1 33%
Dairy Science 17 13 76% 7 54% 4 57%
Ecological Restoration 1 1 100% 0%
Environmental Economics: Management and Policy 7 5 71% 3 60% 2 67% 1 33%
Environmental Horticulture 28 12 43% 8 67% 6 75%
Environmental Science 35 19 54% 6 32% 6 100% 1 17%
Food and Health Systems Economics 1 1 100% 0%
Food Science and Technology 18 12 67% 6 50% 4 67% 3 50%
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise 276 170 62% 58 34% 23 40% 3 5%
International Trade and Development 2 1 50% 0%
Landscape Horticulture and Design 4 0 0%
College of Architecture, Arts, and Design 336 223 66% 130 58% 82 63% 29 22% $2000
Architecture 135 94 70% 69 73% 47 68% 18 26% $2000
Art 5 4 80% 1 25% 1 100%
Building Construction 2 2 100% 2 100% 2 100%
Cinema 18 12 67% 3 25% 2 67%
Creative Technologies 28 20 71% 8 40% 6 75% 2 25%
Graphic Design 23 17 74% 9 53% 5 56% 2 22%
Industrial Design 37 23 62% 8 35% 4 50%
Interior Design 34 21 62% 19 90% 12 63% 7 37% $2000
Landscape Architecture 14 8 57% 6 75% 1 17%
Music 21 12 57% 2 17%
Studio Art 5 2 40% 0%
Theatre Arts 14 8 57% 3 38% 2 67%
College of Engineering 2506 1671 67% 1103 66% 816 74% 397 36% $5000
Aerospace Engineering 234 163 70% 104 64% 81 78% 36 35% $5000
Automotive Engineering 8 6 75% 2 33% 1 50%
Biological Systems Engineering 51 32 63% 16 50% 12 75% 9 56% $2500
Biomedical Engineering 62 38 61% 17 45% 16 94% 6 35% $2000
Building Construction 112 64 57% 61 95% 44 72% 18 30% $4000
Chemical Engineering 92 63 68% 46 73% 32 70% 16 35% $5000
Chip-Scale Integration 19 14 74% 9 64% 8 89% 6 67% $3000
Civil Engineering 250 181 72% 140 77% 104 74% 53 38% $2500
Communications & Networking 9 8 89% 5 63% 3 60% 3 60%
Computer Engineering 75 52 69% 23 44% 18 78% 7 30% $10000
Computer Science 523 331 63% 191 58% 138 72% 65 34% $10000
Construction Engineering and Management 84 46 55% 38 83% 29 76% 10 26% $2000
Controls, Robotics & Autonomy 58 45 78% 26 58% 15 58% 7 27% $5000
Data-Centric Computing 20 12 60% 8 67% 6 75% 4 50% $10000
Electrical Engineering 29 21 72% 15 71% 10 67% 4 27% $3000
Energy & Power Electronics Systems 20 14 70% 11 79% 8 73% 7 64% $5000
Engineering Science and Mechanics 10 5 50% 3 60% 2 67%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 243 161 66% 126 78% 93 74% 58 46% $7000
Machine Learning 48 34 71% 15 44% 11 73% 4 27% $3000
Materials Science and Engineering 56 34 61% 12 35% 11 92% 7 58% $7500
Mechanical Engineering 293 194 66% 143 74% 107 75% 52 36% $5000
Micro/Nano Systems 6 3 50% 1 33% 1 100% 1 100%
Mining Engineering 38 29 76% 25 86% 20 80% 8 32% $5000
Networking & Cybersecurity 37 29 78% 19 66% 16 84% 6 32% $7000
Ocean Engineering 22 15 68% 13 87% 7 54% 1 8%
Photonics 4 2 50% 1 50% 1 100%
Radio Frequency & Microwave 5 5 100% 3 60% 2 67%
Robotics and Mechatronics 40 28 70% 8 29% 6 75% 3 38%
Secure computing 22 15 68% 8 53% 6 75% 3 38%
Software Systems 32 24 75% 11 46% 5 45% 3 27%
Space Systems 4 3 75% 3 100% 3 100%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1245 743 60% 299 40% 164 55% 27 9% $4000
Childhood Pre-Education 30 20 67% 6 30% 4 67%
Classical Studies 1 0 0%
Communication 7 4 57% 2 50% 1 50%
Communication Science and Social Inquiry 52 33 63% 15 45% 7 47% 3 20%
Consumer Studies 18 9 50% 1 11% 1 100%
Creative Writing 19 16 84% 4 25% 2 50%
Criminology 125 66 53% 30 45% 18 60% 4 13% $3000
English 30 15 50% 4 27% 1 25%
Environmental Policy and Planning 26 16 62% 3 19%
Family and Consumer Science 1 1 100% 0%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 34 21 62% 12 57% 6 50% 1 8%
History 35 18 51% 2 11%
Human Development 178 109 61% 32 29% 18 56% 5 16% $5000
Humanities for Public Service 10 7 70% 0%
International Public Policy 5 4 80% 3 75%
International Relations 53 34 64% 11 32% 6 55% 2 18%
International Studies 22 10 45% 4 40% 2 50%
Multimedia Journalism 41 24 59% 6 25% 4 67%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 63 42 67% 26 62% 16 62% 1 4%
Philosophy 5 0 0%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 29 17 59% 6 35% 4 67% 1 17%
Political Science 209 123 59% 54 44% 34 63% 4 7% $7000
Professional and Technical writing 13 8 62% 5 63% 5 100% 1 20%
Property Management 19 7 37% 6 86% 4 67%
Public Relations 76 52 68% 23 44% 15 65% 2 9%
Religion and Culture 3 1 33% 0%
Residential Environments and Design 17 13 76% 9 69% 3 33%
Russian 6 5 83% 1 20%
Smart and Sustainable Cities 32 19 59% 7 37% 3 43% 1 14%
Sociology 37 16 43% 7 44% 3 43% 1 14%
Spanish 3 1 33% 1 100%
Sports Media and Analytics 46 32 70% 19 59% 7 37% 1 5%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 274 182 66% 101 55% 61 60% 5 5% $2500
Environmental Conservation & Society 15 14 93% 6 43% 4 67%
Environmental Data Science 14 10 71% 5 50% 4 80%
Environmental Informatics 6 3 50% 2 67% 1 50% 1 50%
Environmental Resources Management 14 8 57% 5 63% 3 60%
Fish Conservation 9 7 78% 3 43% 1 33%
Forestry 12 6 50% 4 67% 1 25%
Geography 34 26 76% 13 50% 8 62% 1 8%
Meteorology 44 29 66% 17 59% 10 59% 1 6%
Natural Resources Conservation 7 2 29% 1 50% 1 100%
Packaging Systems and Design 18 12 67% 8 67% 4 50%
Sustainable Biomaterials 19 10 53% 5 50% 2 40% 1 20%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 14 10 71% 4 40% 2 50%
Wildlife Conservation 68 45 66% 28 62% 20 71% 1 4%
College of Science 1268 738 58% 322 44% 179 56% 53 16% $5000
Biological Sciences 352 207 59% 90 43% 42 47% 4 4% $1000
Chemistry 32 21 66% 5 24% 5 100%
Clinical Neuroscience 118 68 58% 34 50% 14 41% 3 9%
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 66 36 55% 19 53% 8 42% 1 5%
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 15 9 60% 4 44% 2 50% 1 25%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 192 114 59% 67 59% 50 75% 30 45% $9600
Economics 67 39 58% 13 33% 9 69% 4 31% $3000
Experimental Neuroscience 10 8 80% 3 38%
Geosciences 23 10 43% 2 20% 1 50%
Mathematics 61 37 61% 13 35% 8 62% 1 8%
Medicinal Chemistry 15 5 33% 1 20%
Microbiology 22 12 55% 4 33% 1 25%
Nanomedicine 10 6 60% 3 50% 2 67%
Nanoscience 3 2 67% 1 50% 1 100%
Physics 44 23 52% 6 26% 5 83% 2 33%
Polymer Chemistry 3 2 67% 2 100%
Psychology 210 123 59% 45 37% 23 51% 4 9% $1000
Statistics 20 12 60% 9 75% 8 89% 3 33%
Systems Biology 5 4 80% 1 25%
Pamplin College of Business 1533 1070 70% 850 79% 583 69% 262 31% $5000
Accounting and Information Systems 127 95 75% 55 58% 39 71% 19 35% $3000
Business Information Technology 475 328 69% 266 81% 180 68% 110 41% $7500
Cybersecurity Management and Analytics 31 23 74% 18 78% 17 94% 9 50% $8000
Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology Management 5 5 100% 5 100% 2 40%
Finance 313 213 68% 177 83% 134 76% 70 40% $5000
Financial Planning and Wealth Management 11 8 73% 8 100% 4 50% 2 25%
FinTech and Big Data Analytics 4 4 100% 4 100% 3 75% 2 50%
Hospitality and Tourism Management 56 39 70% 33 85% 16 48% 1 3%
Human Resources Management 3 3 100% 2 67% 1 50%
Management 184 133 72% 97 73% 64 66% 18 19% $5000
Management Consulting and Analytics 15 9 60% 9 100% 6 67% 4 44% $2000
Marketing Management 238 161 68% 136 84% 88 65% 22 16% $5000
Real Estate 71 49 69% 40 82% 29 73% 5 13% $4000
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine 104 56 54% 15 27% 5 33%
Public Health 104 56 54% 15 27% 5 33%